...... However on port tack on my boat, galley sink goes below water level and overflows into saloon, A seacock in drain prevents this when twiddled. I remembered to do this twice but not for the critical third time ..... Do you actually open the sea cock again when on the favourable tack again?

Trust Ports may not be a good idea if this article in Wiki is anything to go by and the alleged nepotistic, self serving shysters of the Oban area, whom could be reasonably expected to serve their own needs.

Why do we expect deadly accurate weather predictions? Personally, beyond, a few days is all that really matters anyway. I am more worried about the mess the Met Office have made of their website. It was perfectly usable and now it is a dogs breakfast.

Folks may find this useful, I also posted it in YBW. The links below are to the Scottish Government's, Natural Scotland aquaculture resource site. Of particular interest to sailors in Scottish waters is the map feature where you can filter what the map shows. http://aquaculture.scotland.gov.uk/map/m...

fairy nuff wrote:..... the engine overheat alarm to go off after about ten miles........ where we could find no obvious cause. ..... attempting to diagnose the overheating problem. Still no cure in sight. ......

Facebook is getting used more and more and I suspect for the reasons you suggest Webby, the hassle of maintaining a forum. My cousin has a Trident 24 and they dropped their forum for FaceBook, likewise the Rival Owners Association, although they still maintain their forum. It is easier and faster to...

I am on year three of Cruiser Uno, new formula, and while I have had a bit of grass skirt, which went away, some slime, in general I am weed free. Boat activity has been sedentary for most of the time, berthed bows into the midday sun. I have noticed that the dark blue colour has nearly all leached ...

Hello, Hooked a pick up buoy attached a large morning buoy for a lunch time stop. The pick up line was about 12/14 mm and there was no mooring strop but a large chain loop a bit under the surface. We could not get the chain loop to the boat but noticed the outline of a lobster pot a bit below the su...

What will likely be the last sail of the year today. Headed down form Craobh to Carsaig Bay and back to Craobh. Great weather, sunny all day, WSW to W 15kts, no rain at all. With the tide we achieved 8.9 kts over the ground and 6.5kts through the water mostly reaching or fine reaching but on the way...

A good year for me in the context that the refit is now complete and my working schedule is hectic; I just made the effort Nothing fancy just local sailing between Loch Aline, Craighouse, Ardfern and Crinan. I am out again this Friday with friends. 2019 will see me sailing further and possibly one m...

I emailed him about a month or so ago to query if he could perform a task I needed doing and so far I have not received a reply. This just confirms that the level of service these days poor in general.